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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

1,330 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 67

Farming Is Not An Extractive Industry

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 2

One of the gravest problems related to the production of foodstuffs and raw materials in Australia would come near to solution if the one simple fact could be hammered into the minds of primary producers everywhere that farming is…

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Farmer Suicides Near Wagga

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 1

WAGGA, Sunday : With shocking gunshot injuries to his head, Thomas Donald Cowell, 53-year-old farmer, was…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 1

The Melbourne Woolbrokers report that at the eighth Melbourne series of wool sales in the 1948-49 season, held on February…

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Hundred Million Wool Cheque

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 2

Australia's wool cheque for the seven months to January 31 totalled £108,619,961, compared with £76,632,029 for the same period…

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Varieties of Wheat Recommended for 1949 Sowing

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 3

Following are the latest recommendations by the Department of Agriculture of varieties of wheat for sowing for grain in various…

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Varieties of Wheat Recommendations for 1940 Sowing

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 7

Following are the latest recommendations by the department of Agriculture of varieties of wheat for sowing for grain in various…

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Heavy Falls in Wheat Belt Will Mean Bumper Harvest

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday : Heavy falls of rain throughout most sections of the wheat belt over the weekend are…

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The Farmers' "If" (with Apologies to Rudyard Kipling)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 1

If you are strong enough to keep on going When things seem wrong, no matter what you do;…

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Wheat Markets Steadying

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 2

Reports from overseas indicate a steadying in wheat prices. From London comes the forecast that 60,00,000 bushels of Australian wheat will go to Britain this year. This is 20,000,000 bushels short of last year’s shipments…

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State Wheat Authority

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 7

Messrs R. A. O’Neill (Berrigan) and W. R. Seilley [?] have been nominated by the Executive of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association of…

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Grade Wheat, Urges Expert

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 9

LAPSTONE, Tues.: Grading of Australian wheat was: urged today by the principal research agronomist of the Department, of…

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Varieties of Wheat. Recommendations for 1949 SOWING

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 3

Following are the latest recommendations by the Department of Agriculture of varieties of wheat for sowing for grain in various wheatgrowing…

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£43 M. Wheat Case Before Privy Council LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 1

THE Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has granted special leave to Nelungaloo Pty. Ltd. N.S.W. to appeal from the order of the High Court of Australia in the case…

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70-Hour Week in Dairying

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tues.! The time had arrived when consideration would have to be given to the question of hours in determination of…

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Dairymen Express Dissatisfaction Border Anomaly Over Milk Price

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 10

Albury Wholesale Milk Producers’ Association at their annual meeting last evening expressed dissatisfaction that producers in…

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Ban on Cream Sales to Public Dairymen Want It Retained

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wed-: Motion to ask the Commonwealth Government to lift the ban on household cream was defeated at the…

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[?]Ginty, Famous Sheep for [?]Eavy Clip, Dies

The Pastoral Times · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 5

[?], famous yass River died at the age of 14½ at on Monday. [?]inty was known to wool…

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Wool Stacks up in Sydney

The Pastoral Times · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 8

Wool, valued at more than £5,000,000 is being held up in Sydney and wool sales have been postponed because of the…

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119d for Wool at Albury

Border Morning Mail · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 1

SMASHING all previous records for Albury wool auctions, 119 pence a pound was paid for wool at Albury sales yesterday. The figure was bid for a four-bale line of very high…

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Hybrid Wheat Tests for Rust Resistance

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 3

Some 7000 hybrid wheats doveloped by the plant-breeding staff of the Department of Agriculture are being tested for rust…

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